Kelly Earnest from the Peabody had mentioned that the historic hotel has a lot of old menus from the 1920s and â€™30s. She said that they used to serve a caviar sandwich(!).

Here's one from 1939, which is the same year that the Sunset Serenades rooftop parties began.

The type is too small to read in this image, but among the menu's filet mignon (just a $1.50) and its cream cheese and jelly sandwich is Roast Young Duck with Apple Sauce for 90 cents.

Duck! Duck!

I have always been under the impression that the duck-famous Peabody had made it a point to NEVER serve duck on any of its menus, and I got this impression from the million or so stories written about the hotel that mentions this.

But, as Earnest notes, that no-duck-on-the-menu policy was instituted in 1981 after the hotel reopened.

The Titanic 100th Anniversary Dinner is $150. Diners will receive the Last Dinner on the Titanic: Menus and Recipes from the Great Liner book. Reservations: 529-4188.